Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If an Associate Judge other than the Associate Judge who is the Senior Master is absent or temporarily unable to perform the duties of office, the Governor in Council may appoint another Associate Judge to act in the place of that Associate Judge.
(2) If an Associate Judge other than the Associate Judge who is the Senior Master is absent for a period not exceeding 6 months, the Chief Justice may nominate another Associate Judge to act in the place of that Associate Judge.
(3) A person appointed under subsection (1) or nominated under subsection (2) has and may exercise the duties and powers of the Associate Judge in whose place the appointee or nominee is acting.
(4) If an office of Associate Judge becomes vacant, the Governor in Council may appoint another Associate Judge to act in that office.
(5) An appointment under subsection (4) is for the term (not exceeding 6 months) specified in the instrument of appointment.
(6) A person appointed under subsection (4) has, during the term of the appointment, all the powers, and may during that term perform all the duties, of the office to which that person is appointed.
S. 105A inserted by No. 24/2008 s. 36.